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Lately, I've been quite down on myself. Feeling blue you call it. I've tried to come here many times to start a post, however I didn't feel like writing anything or putting on a front. I felt so uninspired and just so.. lost. But sometimes you have to fake it to make it. My mom also told me to just smile in the mirror and tell myself that I'm lucky, that things work out. There's the well known psychology fact that smiling, even when forced, can lift up your mood. I've been smiling in the mirror, breathing while smiling while working out (maybe creepy..), and also watching funny shows and trying to literally LOL Yea it does help. Temporarily. But I still need to figure out my life. Guess I'll do it while smiling at least.   Watermelon + Kale + H20 smoothie. Yes I know, it kind of looks like I bought the drink from Starbucks. But no I didn't. I just like to reuse clear drink containers temporarily since you can see how awesome your smoothie is an...

I think knowing that I'm going to gorge at a meal gives me one of the best incentives to push myself extremely hard during a workout. Hence today, I knew I must PUSH HARD before I go to ayce sushi 0:) Today's workout: Insanity Cardio Power & Resistance and I added two 5 lb dumbbells in the mix (I held them while doing jumping jacks and whenever possible during the movie). Definitely makes your heart beat faster and works out your arms! This is my current "before" picture. I'm going to try to make the "after" picture drastically obvious? hopefully! I keep yo-yoing in my progress; gaining water weight, gaining fat, shedding fat, gaining muscles. It's so skewed :( My month of August goal is to prioritize my time better, not procrastinate, and workout at least 5-6 days out of the week, and in turn keep this going on for the rest of my life. I'm going to start being extremely busy in about two weeks, but that should not rob me of at least...

Today's mantra I must push myself to accomplish what I want. I can make excuses but it's only me that I'm cheating. Don't cheat yourself. BBB is for Back, Biceps, and BOOTY 10 min row close grip lat pulldown cable row glute bridge on ball side squat bosu with db single leg deadlift hip abduction 15 min cardio Going to feel that one everywheree :D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Today's very satisfying dinner Strawberry balsamic chicken breast Baked sweet potato wedges Honey mustard arugula salad with strawberries Cucumber  YUM! food, healthy, dinner, chicken, chicken breast, fresh, fruit, vegetables, sweet potato, recipe, back, biceps, butt, ass, glutes, workout, gym, exercise, fit, fitness, korean, asian, 

Motivation for today: Very healthy eating day :) Brunch: overnight oatmeal with yogurt and grapes Lunner: souplantation. It's really just a mound of vegetables... I don't know why or how it always gets so huge :D Snack: wheat slice with cheese and ham & sriacha Snack: homemade popsicle with just milk and strawberries. kind of bland actually.. maybe adding honey next time  dinner: protein shake

Monday 6/3 I forgot what I did that day, but I know I ate healthy all day except for dinner, when we grubbed at In n out. X.x for some reason everything was just salted so much and I eventually got a food coma and while browsing on my phone I drifted off to a deep slumber. JUST DON'T LIE IN BED EVEN FOR A BRIEF MOMENT so I already broke my pledge on the second day hehe That is fine, live another day Tuesday 6/4 : BEWBIES day 4 sets of 12 db flyes medicine ball pushups db bench press cable crossover cable press down and 20 minutes high intensity cycling. OMGawd, so in 19 minutes I cycled 5 miles! Remember when I cycled for an hour last time and my dumb machine said I only cycled 6 miles (lies)? hahah Yay feeling goood ALSO, I got hit on by a buff guy >_< he said he saw me walking into the gym and wanted to get to know me. I was so flustered and caught off guard but what an ego boost :D though I very awkwardly said I'm not looking and ran off *herpderp* ...

One thing good about having gone to a small private school was that... everyone knew of each other, or at least recognized their faces. Obviously, that could also be a huge disadvantage. But being an alumni means that we have this small yet strong connection of 'networking' and when you bump into someone from your school, it's not that strange to hang out with each other even though back in school the only contact we might've had was taking a course together or bumping into each other at a social gathering. Well that isn't really the case here because I'm close to these awesome ladies here and Mr. Canada (let's call him that) was my ex-roommate's big so we're all interconnected and I have fond, fun memories with him from my undergrad years. hokay.. that was a slight tangent, my bad FRIDAY Anyways, I haven't seen Anabelle and Lexi in a while so through their beckoning I answered their call and sang/drove my way down to SD. I first meet up ...

So yummy! 1/2 cup milk with some protein powder to give a chunky texture 1/2 cups oats 2 eggs cinnamon honey blueberries (giving the pancake the blue hue) Blender Heat non-stick pan and I used olive oil Tossed some whole blueberries into the batter as it was cooking Made two big-sized pancakes :) Chopped up some strawberries and put it as a layer between the two pancakes. Ok confession, I totally spread some syrup on the pancakes. I'm a sucker food, pancakes, healthy, alternative, recipe, breakfast, brunch, fruits, blueberries, strawberries, protein powder, diet

One day I was craving pho, noodles, and seafood. But there was none of those available at home. Therefore, I improvised. I'm not one to really measure things when I cook, more like eye things and just add random stuff as I go along. Here is my random recipe. What I had in minds was pho/seafood egg noodle soup. So Vietnamese/Chinese influence with some Korean loving :) 1. Into pot I poured a little bit of fish oil and sauteed garlic in that. Tossed in sliced mushrooms, cilantro for a short time 2. Poured in water over all that and let boil while I put in oyster sauce, sweet chili sauce and sriacha 3. Then put the rest of the vegetables in soup when fully boiling (I used mushrooms that look like skinny noodles as my "noodles") The vegetables that I personally used were: carrots, red pepper, jalapeno, button mushrooms, bokchoy, onions, green onions And I hardboiled an egg and cut it in half There are so many ways you can add your own tastes or add va...

Yesterday (2.5.2013) was National pancake day so IHOP was giving free pancakes to customers. 1. I did not want to stand a in a long ass line although it is free 2. I'd rather make my own but a healthier version I was thinking about using protein powder to substitute for flour, but reading about how heat denatures protein made me a little iffy about that... so here's how I made these pancakes :) How I made it: 1/2 cup strawberries, 1/3 coconut flour, 2 tbs, oats, 1/3 cup milk, and with a handful of almonds I threw everthing into my blender. The "sauce" on top is just chobani yogurt. And I got the basic recipe from chocolatecoveredkatie.com but changed the recipe around a lot by taking out salts/vanilla extract/sugar

 I am probably not the best 'fitness' blog because I eat often and drink once in a while. Gotta enjoy life right? Currently, in Los Angeles and surrounding areas, there is a restaurant event called DineLA happening. It's basically when high-end restaurants have a set menu for lunch/dinner and have 'lower prices' than usual to cater to the more general population. Or basically, it's a yearly (or bi-yearly) occurrence that foodies look forward to so that we can indulge ourselves. I also yelp quite devotedly.. so this is my guilty pleasure >:) On Friday, I went to Fogo de Chao , a Brazilian bbq steakhouse in Beverly Hills that serves all you can eat different assortments of meat... And they also have available a salad bar. Oh my god, gluttony. I didn't stuff myself, and also chewing meat for a while makes you tired of eating. But my plate was more or less fully stocked the whole time I was there because the servers were really good at coming around ...

  Salmon salad pangrilled salmon with garlic and dill tomato, onion, jalapeno, mango salsa arugula salad blend Shrimp skewers cut red pepper and onions and skewer everything put garlic salt and lemon pepper on shrimps (flavor with whatever you'd like) mango salsa with brown rice

Most of the classes that I'm interested in are scheduled at the busiest time of the day (at the gym) which is usually from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. I try to keep Monday evenings open just because my gym offers 'boxing boot camp' and you get your ass kicked in that class. Today I realized my sweats were all gone so I was looking all over for them so that I can wear them over my short, short workout shorts in the freezing cold. So.... I was too late for that. Therefore, I waited for the cycling class, but apparently you need tickets from the front desk to claim a bike. Boo. Had to motivate myself to go on a bike and do my own HIIT cardio on it. Was going to run on treadmill or go on stairmaster but of course they're all taken! SEE, lose-lose for me since it's so busy I can't go to class and the rest of the gym is packed like sweaty sardines. Though there is one silver lining: eye-candy be it women or men. Evening is the optimal time to see some cuties. Don't ask ...

Yesterday I was craving a waffle sandwich (Bruxie's actually) but didn't want to go out and eat in the cold or whatnot. And I also didn't shower and didn't want to accidentally meet people I knew. I always tend to see someone familiar when I'm not at the best, and then when I am dressed cute or to the nines, no one ever bumps into me. :( Life is ironic that way I also ran into the problem of no eggs and milk at home T_T Luckily google saved the day. I substituted bananas for eggs and just used water instead of milk. Interestingly  worked out fine! :D Though the waffle did have a hint of bananas... I made one for my brother as well and he said it was much better than Bruxie's. wow.... Future sandwich shop/cafe for me? :) I would love to own one actually. Waffle sandwich Make waffle, try to make it crispy tomatoes, spinach, cheese, turkey, bbq sauce, boysenberry jam, sriacha sauce, red onions I think my brother was just extremely hungry h...